vaatarlant

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• baatar (Mezzaselva)

Etymology

From Middle High German vaterlant, equivalent to vaatar +‎ lant. Cognate with German Vaterland; compare also Dutch vaderland, English fatherland, Icelandic föðurland.

Noun

vaatarlant n

1. (Sette Comuni) fatherland, homeland

   'S vaatarlant is des ba òas is gabüurtet.

   The fatherland is the country where you were born.

References

• “vaatarlant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo